The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral ...

William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy—and so ...

In May 1865, the national government threw itself a parade. It had been more than a month since the rebellion in defense of ...

On library shelves the multi-volumed biographies by Nicolay and Hay, Sandburg, and Randall and Current stand cover to cover with *Lincoln Never Smoked a Cigarette* and *Abraham Lincoln on the Coming ...

The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be ...

The Army had long planned a celebration for its semi-quincentennial on June 14. Trump has wanted to preside over a grand ...

Historian Douglas Brinkley (Rice University) recalled a conversation he had with Donald Trump shortly after his 2016 presidential victory. Trump mused about having his name “carved” on Mt. Rushmore ...

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Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

Both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln had a hand in fashioning the structure and enforcement of tax as we know it. Lincoln, of course, needed an income tax to help pay for the Civil War. And ...